Cairo vs Lafayette

A side-by-side comparison of Cairo and Lafayette: population, income, housing, and more.

Cairo and Lafayette are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cairo has the higher population (600 vs 339 in Lafayette). Cairo has the higher median household income ($79,643 vs $49,653 in Lafayette). Lafayette has the higher median home value ($121,700 vs $107,900 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Lafayette
Population	600	339
Median age	34.9 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,643	$49,653
Median home value	$107,900	$121,700
Median gross rent	$850	$743
Housing units	263	165
Homeownership rate	83.5%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Lafayette
Population	512 → 600 (+17.2%)	427 → 339 (-20.6%)
Median household income	$51,538 → $79,643 (+54.5%)	$55,500 → $49,653 (-10.5%)
Median home value	$96,100 → $107,900 (+12.3%)	$86,900 → $121,700 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $850 (+27.2%)	$875 → $743 (-15.1%)

Cairo

Population

512600

Median household income

$51,538$79,643

Median home value

$96,100$107,900

Median gross rent

$668$850

Lafayette

Population

427339

Median household income

$55,500$49,653

Median home value

$86,900$121,700

Median gross rent

$875$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Lafayette
Under 5	5.2%	11.5%
5 to 17	10.7%	19.8%
18 to 24	12.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	21.8%	22.4%
35 to 44	7.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	6.2%
55 to 64	16.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.0%
75 and over	5.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Lafayette
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.0%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Lafayette
Drove alone	91.9%	84.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	3.7%
Other means	3.3%	9.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Lafayette
1-unit, detached	85.2%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Lafayette
Poverty rate	5.8%	7.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1957	1941